2008 AVN Awards Nominees: Let the Glamour Begin!

AVN announced the nominees for its 2008 awards today with several new categories, including the Jenna Jameson Crossover Star of the Year trophy (pitting husband and wife Evan Seinfeld and Tera Patrick against each other!) as well as new(er)standbys like the Unsung Starlet award, which honors women who don't employ a publicist. This is why both Gianna and Gianna Lynn are nominated.

Other nominees include a raft of titles from mainstays Digital Playground, Wicked, and Vivid, and also independent films like "Spunk'd", which is nominated in the Screenplay and Comedy categories.

Sweeping the nominations was the excellent "Upload", named in everything from the director to the group sex categories. But as always there were hundreds of films that delighted us in some way that didn't make the cut ('Insertz"), or that were nominated but we regret not seeing ("Blow Me Sandwich 11").

Nominations do help with sales, especially if there is enough money for publicity, and awards can push even an expensive movie solidly into the black, especially if there is extra cash for cable edits.

January's AVN Awards will be technically the magazine's 25th, having announced awards in newsletter fashion in its Pennsylvania infancy, and then gradually progressing through larger Vegas venues from the Tropicana to the Sands to, finally, the Mandalay. Join us at the awards on January 12 ... as well as via probably thousands of updates beforehand.

· AVN Awards (avnawards.com)
· "AVN AVN to announce nominees today, grousing set to begin thereafter" (gramponante.com)